On Saturday, the kids and I took Bentley to the forest across the road from us. It was a mild and muddy day - perfect for kids and dogs to play in!
We found a tree that was perfect for Rhiannon to climb. The thing about climbing trees is that one only really gets competent at doing it when one is able to do it completely by themself starting from the ground. So this particular tree (shown in a photo further down the page) had handholds in just the right places for Rhiannon to be able to reach and pull herself up, then put one foot in there and reach with her other hand to this handhold. Tryfan, of course, was very jealous and he wanted to do it too! Big tears and a bit of a tantrum, and so then I convinced the two of them to go explore this big tree that had fallen.
We found that the root section was perfect for Tryfs to climb on, and then he could climb onto the main trunk of the tree and crawl to the other end, then slide down one of the branches (like a fireman would slide down a pole, of course) and run back to the other side to start again.
Here is Rhiannon way up in the tree that was perfect for her to climb in, with Tryfan stomping around on the ground below repeatedly asking me to help him get up to one of the branches and me refusing. All this time, Bentley was happily racing around the heathland being free and joyous!
Eventually we came back to the house and everyone got hosed down before we went inside. Here is Bentley in the drying room.
Another thing that happened this weekend was that I tucked into the enormous pumpkin that we grew in our back garden this summer! Since we were in Wales for the week prior to Halloween, we never did get a chance to turn this guy into a jack-o-lantern, so this was his big chance to become something great. I cut him into pieces and roasted til tender, then pureed, measured and filled up the freezer with pumpkin puree.
I have big plans to make a large quantity of pumpkin butter in addition to making all the other yummy things one can make with pumpkin, but we shall see what actually happens...
We found a tree that was perfect for Rhiannon to climb. The thing about climbing trees is that one only really gets competent at doing it when one is able to do it completely by themself starting from the ground. So this particular tree (shown in a photo further down the page) had handholds in just the right places for Rhiannon to be able to reach and pull herself up, then put one foot in there and reach with her other hand to this handhold. Tryfan, of course, was very jealous and he wanted to do it too! Big tears and a bit of a tantrum, and so then I convinced the two of them to go explore this big tree that had fallen.
We found that the root section was perfect for Tryfs to climb on, and then he could climb onto the main trunk of the tree and crawl to the other end, then slide down one of the branches (like a fireman would slide down a pole, of course) and run back to the other side to start again.
Here is Rhiannon way up in the tree that was perfect for her to climb in, with Tryfan stomping around on the ground below repeatedly asking me to help him get up to one of the branches and me refusing. All this time, Bentley was happily racing around the heathland being free and joyous!
Eventually we came back to the house and everyone got hosed down before we went inside. Here is Bentley in the drying room.
Another thing that happened this weekend was that I tucked into the enormous pumpkin that we grew in our back garden this summer! Since we were in Wales for the week prior to Halloween, we never did get a chance to turn this guy into a jack-o-lantern, so this was his big chance to become something great. I cut him into pieces and roasted til tender, then pureed, measured and filled up the freezer with pumpkin puree.
I have big plans to make a large quantity of pumpkin butter in addition to making all the other yummy things one can make with pumpkin, but we shall see what actually happens...
1 comment:
lisl-remind me and i will send you a pumpkin chorizo (i found veggie chorizo at TJ's) soup! it is grand. we grew a lot of pumpkins this past year so we carved a few and i still have 3 beautiful pumpkin to chow on. yay!
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